Jul 10, 2023
The Saint: The Best Laid Schemes (6.1, ITC, 1968)
"You know, it's, uh, pretty obvious that somebody who knows your aunt's past medical history is trying to drive her mad. I must admit they're doing a pretty good job of it, too. But now suppose the end object of the exercise is not to have her committed but to get her to the state where she would take her own life. Be neat, wouldn't it?"
#the saint#the best laid schemes#itc#1968#leslie charteris#joe morheim#a. sanford wolfe#john llewellyn moxey#roger moore#sylvia syms#paul daneman#gabrielle drake#norman bird#fulton mackay#john tate#godfrey quigley#francis de wolff#olive milbourne#jonathan elsom#fredric abbott#john ringham#joanne dainton#aaaaand we're back. i only took a very brief pause between seasons this time‚ nothing like the 15 month wait contemporary viewers had#so yes‚ series 6! endgame babey. i can see the horizon. i suspect (but have no proof) that this ep was part of the production block that#made up s5 (certainly promotional pics are grouped with that series). it's a twisty turn whodunnit but also whatdone and whyfor#actually the plot probably bites off a little too much‚ lurching from side plot to twist like a ship in storm waters (it's a maritime#episode ok?). lovely sylvia syms makes her 3rd of 5 appearances (3 in this season alone!) and a very juvenile Gab Drake turns up and#thankfully does not get romanced by Simon (it's even vaguely alluded to that she's too young for him‚ good taste be praised)#this ep looks notably grotty on my dvd; whether this one in particular was badly degraded or network (rip) did less work on s6 idk#it could also just be bc i have a new tv and like all shiny new hd tvs it seems to make my old tv stuff look even worse somehow
